History of video games/Platforms/Game Boy

History Development Nintendo had previously made dedicated handheld consoles such as the Game & Watch series consoles as well as the Nintendo Computer Mah-Jong Yakuman, however the Game Boy would be their first handheld to play interchangeable cartridges Launch The GameBoy was released in 1989 on April 21st in Japan and July 31st in the United States of America.25 years of the Game Boy: A timeline of the systems, accessories, and games https://venturebeat.com/2014/04/21/25-years-of-the-game-boy-a-timeline-of-the-systems-accessories-and-games/ 23 October 2020 VentureBeat 21 April 2014 Project Atlantis Project Atlantis was a canceled Game Boy successor that used a 32 bit ARM 7 CPU that was in development by 1995.GDC: Nintendo's Unreleased Portable Prototypes https://www.wired.com/2009/03/gdc-nintendos-u/ 26 October 2020 Wired en-us The system was canceled due to it's enormous size, high expense, and poor performance.A look into Nintendo's unreleased Game Boy successor https://nintendoeverything.com/a-look-into-nintendos-unreleased-game-boy-successor/ 26 October 2020 Nintendo Everything 17 April 2016 en GameBoy Color The GameBoy Color was released on November 18th, 1998. A touch screen adapter for the GameBoy Color was developed, but never released. Third party support for the system was large, with even a sewing machine supporting control over Game Boy link cable.There Really Was A Sewing Machine Controlled By A Game Boy https://hackaday.com/2020/03/11/there-really-was-a-sewing-machine-controlled-by-a-game-boy/ 25 October 2020 Hackaday 12 March 2020 In 2001 the Mobile System GB released in Japan for 5800 yen.That Time Nintendo Took the Game Boy (and Pokémon) Online https://kotaku.com/that-time-nintendo-took-the-game-boy-and-pokemon-onli-1836423946 26 October 2020 Kotaku en-us Though it allowed a Game Boy to connect to cell phones to access the internet on the go, it had a number of fees associated with using it, and sold under 100,000 units. Legacy In 2003 the original GameBoy was discontinued,Sun Leo Nintendo’s Game Boy Turns 25 -- A Look Back at the Business of 'Withered Technology' https://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/04/30/nintendos-game-boy-turns-25-a-look-back-at-the-bus.aspx The Motley Fool 11 December 2020 en 30 April 2014 having been succeeded by the Game Boy Advance line of consoles. The GameBoy and the GameBoy Color sold 118.69 million units collectively.Game Boy https://www.si.edu/object/game-boy:nmah_1253117 Smithsonian Institution 24 October 2020 enIR Information : Sales Data - Dedicated Video Game Sales Units https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/hard_soft/ Nintendo Co., Ltd. 14 November 2020 en GameBoy emulation has proven to be a fairly common topic in programming education.Why did I spend 1.5 months creating a Gameboy emulator? · tomek's blog https://blog.rekawek.eu/2017/02/09/coffee-gb/ blog.rekawek.eu 11 December 2020 Introduction - DMG-01: How to Emulate a Game Boy https://blog.ryanlevick.com/DMG-01/public/book/ blog.ryanlevick.com 11 December 2020 In 2020 researchers made the Engage an unofficial ultra low power GameBoy hardware clone which required no battery power to operate, instead being powered by solar energy and energy captured from button presses.The first battery-free Game Boy wants to power a gaming revolution https://www.cnet.com/features/the-first-battery-free-game-boy-wants-to-power-a-gaming-revolution/ CNET 11 December 2020 en thumb|An advanced example of chiptune made with a Game Boy. Most commercial games did not approach this level of audio complexity. The Game Boy became would later become a popular musical instrument for Chiptune music creation.Chiptunes: Making Music with a Nintendo Game Boy The Library https://library.berklee.edu/browse/event/chiptunes-making-music-nintendo-game-boy library.berklee.edu 14 December 2020Make Chiptunes with a Gameboy Open Music Initiative https://omi.yale.edu/make-chiptunes-gameboy omi.yale.edu 14 December 2020 Technology In terms of technical capabilities, the Game Boy is often thought of as a portable Nintendo Entertainment System, though the internal architectures of these systems are radically different. Original GameBoy Compute thumb|The Game Boy CPU die. The GameBoy uses a 8 bit Z80 CPU clocked at 4.194304 megahertz.Everything You Always Wanted To Know About GAMEBOY https://www.devrs.com/gb/files/gbspec.txt 13 December 2020 The GameBoy has eight kilobytes of RAM and eight kilobytes of VRAM.Game Boy Teardown https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Game+Boy+Teardown/122657 iFixit 29 October 2020 en 21 April 2019 Display thumb|The 1990 GameBoy version of Bubble Ghost, showing fairly typical graphics for the system. The GameBoy has a 160 by 144 resolution LCD. The dot matrix display could display four shades from green to grey, making it monochrome.Thirty Years Ago, Game Boy Changed the Way America Played Video Games https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/thirty-years-ago-game-boy-changed-way-america-played-video-games-180972743/ Smithsonian Magazine 23 October 2020 en Audio The GameBoy has four channels of stereo sound. The system only had a single built in speaker, restricting the system to monophonic audio by default and requiring headphones for full stereo audio output.What is the meaning of the 'dot matrix with stereo sound' that is written on the Game Boy game console? - Quora https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-meaning-of-the-dot-matrix-with-stereo-sound-that-is-written-on-the-Game-Boy-game-console 22 April 2021 www.quora.com Networking The GameBoy has a link cable port. Power The original GameBoy uses four AA batteries and draws 70 to 80 mAh an hour, lasting about 30 hours. GameBoy Color The GameBoy color possessed significantly increased specs compared to the original monochrome models. Compute An 8-bit Z80 based CPU clocked at 8.388 megahertz powers the GameBoy Color. The GameBoy color has 32 Kilobytes of RAM. Display The GameBoy color uses a color TFT LCD, with a resolution of 160 by 144 pixels, 32,000 colors displayable, and 56 simultaneous colors. Networking A link cable port and inferred port are present. Power The GameBoy color takes two AA batteries, and draws 70 to 80 mAh an hour, lasting for about 10 hours of runtime.Technical data https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Support/Game-Boy-Pocket-Color/Product-information/Technical-data/Technical-data-619585.html Nintendo of Europe GmbH 23 October 2020 Accessories Some Suzuki and Aprillia motorcycles are designed to hook up to a Game Boy Color through a special cable and cartridge combination for diagnostics access.The GameBoy Motorcycle Accessory - What? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyrrdftNUCY 29 November 2020 A work oriented accessory, the WorkBoy keyboard and cartridge combo was planned but not released.Lost Gameboy Peripheral WorkBoy Found After 28 Years https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/lost-gameboy-peripheral-workboy-found-after-28-years 27 December 2020 TechRaptor en Notable Games 1989 thumb|upright=2|A GameBoy with Tetris. Super Mario Land Revenge of the 'Gator Tetris The rights to Tetris proved to be a contentious issue between those who claimed rights and the Soviet government.Tetris: how we made the addictive computer game https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/jun/02/how-we-made-tetris 29 January 2021 the Guardian 2 June 2014 en Read more about Tetris on Wikipedia. 1991 Metroid II: Return of Samus 1992 Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins Kirby's Dream Land - The first Kirby game X - Early 3D Game on the GameBoy 1993 The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening 1994 Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 1996 Pokemon Red and Blue Pokémon Red and Blue The first Pokemon games were inspired by series creator Satoshi Tajiri's experience catching bugs as a youth in Machida, Japan.Lopez German Pokémon Go’s surprising roots: bug catching https://www.vox.com/2016/7/13/12172826/pokemon-go-android-ios-bug-catching 12 December 2020 Vox 13 July 2016 enThe Origins Of Pokémon https://kotaku.com/the-origins-of-pokemon-5806664 Kotaku 12 December 2020 en-us At the last minute an additional Pokemon was added by the development team to make the total number of monsters catchable 151.That Time Some Players Thought Mew Was Under A Truck In Pokémon https://kotaku.com/that-time-some-players-thought-mew-was-under-a-truck-in-1792716938 27 October 2020 Kotaku en-us This addition caused a number of urban legends and myths regarding an in game truck. The spooky ambiance of the in game location Lavender Town sparked a number of urban legends and myths.Pokémon's Creepy Lavender Town Myth, Explained https://kotaku.com/pokemons-creepy-lavender-town-myth-explained-1651851621 Kotaku 30 October 2020 en-us 1997 Harvest Moon GB 1998 Pokémon Yellow 1999 Mario Golf Mario Golf for the GBA mixed golf mechanics with a simple RPG, sparking a small genre of golf RPGs.Here's the launch trailer for Golf Story on Switch, the Game Boy Color Mario Golf follow-up we've wanted for 18 years https://www.vg247.com/2017/09/28/heres-the-launch-trailer-for-golf-story-on-switch-the-game-boy-color-mario-golf-follow-up-weve-wanted-for-18-years/ VG247 30 October 2020 28 September 2017 Read more about Mario Golf on Wikipedia. Pokémon Gold and Silver Then HAL Laboratory President Satoru Iwata was brought on to help with making compression tools for game graphics.Iwata Asks https://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/ds/pokemon/0/2 iwataasks.nintendo.com 25 October 2020 Read more about Pokémon Gold and Silver on Wikipedia. 2000 Pokémon Crystal Metal Gear Solid Ghost Babel The track "Ascent" is a particularly impressive piece of chiptune. Read more about Metal Gear Solid Ghost Babel on Wikipedia. 2001 The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages 2002 Shantae Special edition GameBoys Yellow Tommy Hilfiger Game Boy Color.Looking Back At Some Of The Weirder Limited Edition Consoles https://kotaku.com/looking-back-at-some-of-the-weirdest-limited-edition-co-1818480546 27 March 2021 Kotaku en-us Gallery Original GameBoy GameBoy Pocket GameBoy Light GameBoy Color GameBoy Accessories Game Genie GameBoy Internals Color palettes Marketing Other External Resources Game Boy Game Boy Color Game Boy family Game Boy Camera Game Boy Printer Nintendo Gateway System Game Boy Archived web materials Game Boy website Game Boy hardware website References 2100%__NOTOC__